Model Beverly Johnson became the first African American model to grace the cover of American Vogue in August 1974, breaking racial and cultural barriers. She remembers being ecastic when she found out she had made the cover however outraged to discover she was breaking a racial taboo for the first time.
At 21, she'd only been modelling for a couple of years and didn't know that her goal to be on Vogue's front cover would put her in history books. Over her career Beverly Johnson has graced over 500 magazine covers, including 15 Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and French Elle.
Vogue Cover August 1974 wearing a wool-angora cardigan by Kasper and Bulgari diamond loop earrings. Image by Francesco Scavullo Conde Nast Archive
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| 1974 NYC, USA |
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| Beverly Johnson Posing for Cosmopolitan in 1976 |
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| Beverly Johnson on the Cover of 1976 Cosmopolitan magazine |
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| Beverly Johnson and her daughter Anansa |
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